When AI goes wrong, you pay for it – with your money, your data privacy, and sometimes your health. This Slop World episode pulls apart ghost authority and the dark side of artificial intelligence: broken AI ethics, surveillance pricing, and what happens when nobody is accountable for the systems running our lives. Juan and Kate break down how companies hide behind “the algorithm” while quietly exploiting data protection gaps, health privacy loopholes, and dynamic pricing schemes you never agreed to.

From AI security failures and digital privacy you thought you had to OpenAI's ChatGPT Health and medical AI delivering life‑changing decisions, we’re asking the only question that matters: when these systems screw up, who pays the price?🫟 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• When Google’s AI gets it wrong, real people pay the price: https://www.oaoa.com/people/when-googles-ai-gets-it-wrong-real-people-pay-the-price/
• Minnesota Solar Company Sues Google Over AI Summary: https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/minnesota-solar-company-sues-google-over-ai-summary
• Canadian Musician Ashley MacIsaac Wants to 'Stand Up' To Google After Being Falsely Accused of Forced Contact Offenses by AI Overview: https://ca.billboard.com/business/legal/ashley-macisaac-google-defamation
• The Price is Rigged - Today, Explained | Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49PSPtP1neuga7kvBYakIx
• Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill - Consumer Reports:https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/
• Instacart ends AI pricing test that charged shoppers different prices for the same items - Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-22/instacart-ends-ai-pricing-test-that-charged-shoppers-different-prices-for-same-items
• Introducing ChatGPT Health | OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-health/?video=1151655050
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health in US sparking privacy concerns: https://www.digit.fyi/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-in-us-sparking-privacy-concerns/
• OpenAI: Health Privacy Notice: https://openai.com/policies/health-privacy-policy/

🫟 TOPICS00:00 Ghost Authority: Why Nobody Is Responsible When AI Messes Up01:42 Algorithmic Accountability: A Checklist to Protect Your Decisions 02:31 Google AI Overview: The Minnesota Solar Company Hallucination 03:19 Reputation Ruined: The AI Hallucination That Cost a Musician His Career05:42 Smart Research: How to Use ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude Without Being Fooled08:35 Surveillance Pricing: Why the Internet Charges You More Than Your Neighbor10:41 Instacart and Uber: The Backlash Against Dynamic Pricing 12:42 Save Money: Simple Tricks to Beat Hidden Algorithmic Pricing14:15 The Urgency Trap: How Companies Profit From Your Stress and Fear15:34 AI in Healthcare: Your Medical Data and Health Privacy Risks16:10 Juan Reacts: OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health Trailer 17:41 AI in Healthcare: Could Your Private AI Chats Raise Your Rates?21:21 The Fine Print: What OpenAI Actually Does With Your Medical Data23:39 AI Health: Why AI Can’t Tell Real Science From Internet Myths25:42 Data Protection: How to Anonymize Your Medical Test Results 27:23 Slow Down: Why Being Fast Online Makes You a Target for AI Scams30:03 The Bus Stop Test: A Simple Rule for Trusting Any AI Tool🫟 ABOUT SLOP WORLDJuan Faisal and Kate Cook plunge into the slop pile—AI news, cultural shifts, and the future’s endless curveballs. They’re not here to sanitize the mess; they’re here to wrestle with it, laugh at it, and find meaning where you least expect it.